Mayors of 26 cities commit to create Green & Healthy Streets in a pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that major areas of their city are zero emission by 2030.
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মুর্শিদাবাদের নবাবের বলী ফেনীর শমশের গাজী
মোতাহার হোসেন ফেনীর ছাগলনাইয়া পরশুরাম এলাকাটি একটি উপত্যকার মত। এক সময় এ এলাকাকে বলা হত চাকলালা রৌশনাবাদ। এ চাকলালা রৌশনাবাদের পুর্ব পশ্চিম ও উত্তরে ভারতের ত্রিপুরা চোট বড় পাহাড় আর দক্ষিনে সাগর। মাজখানে চমৎকার সমভুমি। এর বুক চিরে বইচে মুহুরী,…
4 bullet-hit bodies found – 1 killed in gunfight on Friday
Dhaka, Sept 14 – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of an unidentified man from Shotokhali village in Shalikha Upazila on Friday. Local people spotted the body and informed police about it who recovered the body in the morning, said Rabiul…
Fashion needs to be sustainable – taking an X-Ray view at the challenge
By Connect4Climate Fashion comes at a huge cost to people and planet. From water pollution to toxic chemical use, the clothes and accessories we wear harm our world. The Connect4Climate program of the World Bank Group is supporting the newly-forged…
Electricity back to the largest hospital in Yemen
The current crisis in Yemen has placed enormous pressure on the country’s population. Four out of five people in the country need humanitarian assistance. Over 1 million people have been infected by cholera. More than 350,000 children suffer from severe…
Have your food and eat the wrapper too
From Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from New York City! I’m at the Food, Farming, and Sustainability Conference, where I’ll be speaking on the panel “Women in Agriculture” with Karen Karp, President of Karen Karp & Partners, and Karen Washington, co-owner of…
Riverbank erosion makes 5081 families homeless in Shariatpur
Shariatpur, Sep 13 – A total of 5081 families have been rendered homeless in Naria Upazila due to the violent erosion of Padma River in the district in recent weeks.
BNP-Jamaat operates 300 Facebook pages from abroad: Tarana
Dhaka, Sept 13 – State Minister for Information Tarana Halim on Thursday told Parliament that the BNP-Jamaat clique is operating around 300 Facebook pages from abroad to spread rumours and false information to tarnish the image of the government, ministers…
Charge accepted on college students’ deaths in rash driving
Dhaka, Sept 13 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday accepted the charge sheet against six persons in a case filed over the deaths of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College in an accident on…
Court to decide on jail trial in Khaleda’s absence Sept 20
Dhaka, Sept 13 – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka Thursday decided to take a decision on September 20 regarding continuation of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case at the prison in her absence.
2.3 lakh loan defaulters in BD, Finance Minister
Classified loan soars to Tk 1,31,666 cr Dhaka, Sept 12 – There are 2.3 lakh loan defaulters in the country with the amount of the classified loan soaring to Tk 1,31,666 crore in the banks and financial institutions, Finance Minister…
SAFF Champs: Holders India in final beating Pakistan 3-1
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – Holders India made their 11th final berth of the seven-nation SAFF Suzuki Cup eliminating their arch-rival Pakistan by 3-1 goals in the 2nd semifinal at the floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday evening.
China plans bullet train to Kolkata via Bangladesh, Myanmar
Dhaka, Sept 13 – Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu on Wednesday said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh, reports NDTV.
Suu Kyi says handling of Rohingya could have been better
Hanoi, Sep 13 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar’s handling of its Rohingya Muslims, 700,000 of whom have fled to Bangladesh amid a brutal counterinsurgency campaign, could have been handled better, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday.
International seminar on Iron and Steel held in Chittagong
Dhaka, Sept 12 – Prof. Dr Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Chairman of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation presented a paper titled ‘Review of Iron and Steel Market Global Perspective’ in…
Contempt petition against DU for not holding DUCSU poll
Dhaka. Sept 12 – A contempt of court petition was filed with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court Wednesday against the Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor, Proctor and Treasurer for not complying with its directive in connection with holding the…
Charges in Aug 21 grenade case proved: Prosecution
Dhaka, Sept 12 – The prosecution at the hearing of August 21 grenade attack case Wednesday claimed they were able to prove the charges against the accused in the case beyond any doubt.
Court at jail to hear: Trial in Khaleda’s absence or not
Dhaka, Sept 12 – A special court of Dhaka set up Wednesday at the old Dhaka central jail on Nazimuddin Road set Thursday to hold a hearing on the petition filed for extending bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia…
বির্তকের মধ্যে ইভিএম মেশিন ক্রয় অশুভ ইঙ্গিত – চরমোনাই পীর
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, ইভিএিম নিয়ে চলছে দেশজুড়ে বিতর্ক ও সমালোচনার ঝড়। এর মধ্যে দেড় লাখ মেশিন ক্রয় জনগণকে বৃদ্ধাঙ্গুলি প্রদর্শণের শামিল।
No repetition of voterless election: BNP at token hunger strike
Dhaka, 12 Sept – The BNP leaders on Wednesday demanded the release of party’s jailed and sick chairperson Khaleda Zia before the announcement of the schedule for the ensuing general elections.
Developing countries oppose renegotiation of Paris Deal
Bangkok, 11 September 2018 (Prerna Bomzan and Meena Raman) – Developing countries strongly opposed attempts to renegotiate the Paris Agreement (PA) at the recently concluded climate talks in Bangkok, given attempts by developed countries to block references to differentiation between…
Kushner tried to strip 2mn Palestine refugees of status
By haaretz.com Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, has reportedly pressured Jordan to strip the refugee status of more than two million registered Palestinians living in the country.
The politics of food in Venezuela
Co-Written by Ana Felicien, Christina M. Schiavoni & Liccia Romero Few countries and political processes have been subject to such scrutiny, yet so generally misunderstood, as Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution. This is particularly true today, as the international media…
BD infiltrators will be marked & made to leave India: BJP
Zee Media Bureau, Sept 11 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Tuesday said that all infiltrators from Bangladesh would be identified and made to leave the Indian territory. Addressing BJP office bearers and workers during a one-day visit…
Serena ‘out of line’ in US Open final but umpire ‘blew it’
Billie Jean King says Serena Williams was “totally out of line” for her outburst in the US Open final, but also believes umpire Carlos Ramos “blew it”.
Moderate tremor shakes Dhaka, neighbourhood
Dhaka, Sept 12 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook the capital and other parts of the country on Wednesday.
Wetlands key for accurate greenhouse gas measure in Arctic
The Arctic is rapidly warming, with stronger effects than observed elsewhere in the world. The Arctic regions are particularly important with respect to climate change, as permafrost soils store huge amounts of the Earth’s soil carbon (C). Warming of Arctic…
This govt’s polls-time small cabinet will be illogical: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 11 – BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Tuesday said the formation of an election-time small cabinet by the current government to oversee the next polls will be illogical and their party will not accept it.
Govt buying time on Khaleda’s treatment: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 11 – BNP on Tuesday alleged that although its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition is gradually failing, the government is buying time on her treatment in a specialised hospital.
IBBL shifts its Foreign Exchange Branch to new location
Dhaka, Sept 11 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh limited has shifted its Foreign Exchange Corporate Branch to Akij Chamber, 73, Dilkusha, Dhaka on Monday 11 September 2018.